Improvement in washing-machines



ANTOINE L. VANNORMAN, or 'cL'INToN,fLoUIsIANN Letters Patent No.107,569, dated September 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMNT IN' WASHING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of Athesame..

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTolNn L. VAN NORMAN, ofClinton, in the parish of East Feliciana and the State Louisiana, haveinvented a new and improved Washing-Machine; and l do hereby declarethat the fol# lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

'which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in washing.

machines, and consists in a combination, with a tub, l

having a corrugated concave 'bottom'and a vertical central dividingwall, which may.be ,readily appliedor removed to make one ortwocompartments, of a pair of vibrating arms or pendulu'ms, mounted insuitable bearings or points at the top of the cover, and carrying at thelower ends roller-frames, which work back and forth above the bottom,moving'i-n opposite directions, being connected to a double-crankedshaft above the pivots, all as hereinafter described.

Figure l is a sectional elevation o fmy improved machine, taken onthe'line :c :vof I'ig. 2, and

Figure 2 is a transverse section, taken -on the line y 'y of fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The tub is composed of two vertical sides, A, the concave bottom B, andthe flat top C, the same being set on legs, in any suitable way.

The interior of thev case is corrugated, and a central dividingwal1,D,.is provided for the tub, and arranged so as to be readily putvin or taken out for using the whole capacity of 'the tub at once, ordividing it and Aproducing a smaller one when the work to be done islight, in which case only one of the rubbing-frames will be used.

E represents' levers or pendnlums, pivoted above the top at F, andworking at the #lower ends in the tub. at which ends' they carry framesGr, in which are mounted smooth rollers H, to act 'upon the clothes..Alhese-pendulums have several holes for the pivotpin, arranged so that,by changing the pin from one to theother, they may be raised or loweredto be ad- Ajusted according to the amount of clothes in the tub `to Abeacted on.

These levers rise considerably above-the pivots, and I are connected toa double-cranked shaft, H', as shown, arranged to work the roller-frame'in opposite directions.

Oneof the levers E has a connecting-rod, I, attached to it, for applyingh andpo\ver,or the power may bejapplicd'to the crank. l.

When'the work to be done is ligh`t, oneo'f the levers may be detachedfrom thecrank-shaft, and the tub may be divided by the plate I), andonly one frame used, or both may4 be'u sed,1 either with thedividingplate Din or not. -In .thefforiner case the clotheswould beseparated in-v two batches.-

To admit of adjusting the levers E higher orlower, one has a number-ofholesV for the crank-shaft, cor. responding to the number of=l1oles forthe pivotvp'in, and the other basa slotfor-hthe crank-shaft. l

VThe pivot-bearings and the supports K for the crank-shaft are mountedon a transverse supportingplank, L, which is held in place by the lugs Mand pins N, so arranged that' the said plank may be readily 'taken upfor the removal of vthe roller-frames G.

Having thus described my invention,

Ij claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combinationof the case A B, of the vibrating levers E, roller-frames G and rollersH, the crankshaft H', and the connecting-rod I, all constructed' andarranged substantiallyas specified.

ANTOINE L. VAN NORMAN;

\Vitnesses:

JOHN IRICE, JNO. G. PRICE.

